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Stacie Nielsen Bortel

About Me

I began my writing career in fourth grade when my first essay was published in the local paper. It was about squirrels and parks and it included my school picture, bad hair day and all. In spite of the embarrassing photo, seeing my essay in print gave me enough of a taste of writing to fuel a life-long passion. I grew in my writing style, got my curly hair under control, and earned a bachelor’s degree in English.

After college I enrolled in graduate school and taught Freshman Composition as an adjunct instructor. At the same time, I worked for Motorbooks Publishing International. At Motorbooks, I wrote and edited press releases, organized author interviews and related press events, and read unsolicited manuscripts in the hopes of discovering the next J.K. Rowling. That never happened — but it was entertaining.

After earning a Master of Arts in Teaching with an emphasis in writing, I began an eight-year career as a high school writing instructor while still teaching at the college level. I soon broadened my experience as an adjunct instructor by developing and teaching a course on how to effectively teach writing.

Somehow in the midst of teaching, editing, proofreading, and giving feedback on hundreds of pages a week, I wrote “A New Statistic,” which was published in Keeping the Faith in Education (Avenida Books). This inspired a renewed focus on my own writing, which I now pursue full time.

I specialize in marketing/business/public relations strategy and communications, including copy writing for long and short form blog posts & articles, earned media, newsletters, social media, email blasts, news releases and website copy. I also continue to publish articles and essays for magazines, websites and blogs on topics like stepparenting, education, social justice, politics, health and wellness — details can be found in my publications portfolio.

​I also offer a variety of generalized editorial services, including copywriting, ghostwriting, proofreading, copy editing, and fact checking. I live in Minneapolis with my husband and am a proud stepmother of two wonderful children.